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1970

  • Work on this object began.

1988

  • We acquired this object.

2015

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2024

  • You found it!

Drawing, Presentation Drawing for Elsie's Restaurant, Exterior View

This is a Drawing. It was created by Russell Heston and drafted by Russell Heston and from the office of Donald Deskey Associates. It is dated 1970 and we acquired it in 1988. Its medium is brush and watercolor, brush and gouache, conte crayon, pen and ink, graphite on board matted in brown cardboard. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Donald Deskey. It is credited Gift of Donald Deskey.

Its dimensions are

60.5 × 38 cm (23 13/16 × 14 15/16 in.) Mat: 81.5 × 60 cm (32 1/16 × 23 5/8 in.)

Cite this object as

Drawing, Presentation Drawing for Elsie's Restaurant, Exterior View; Russell Heston (American, b. 1929); Office of Donald Deskey Associates; brush and watercolor, brush and gouache, conte crayon, pen and ink, graphite on board matted in brown cardboard; 60.5 × 38 cm (23 13/16 × 14 15/16 in.) Mat: 81.5 × 60 cm (32 1/16 × 23 5/8 in.); Gift of Donald Deskey; 1988-101-1987

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